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J. J. BARKER. THILL SUPPORT FOR VEHICLES.

. No. 449,027. Y Patented Mar. 24,1891.

witmaooao UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JERE J. BARKER, OF \VASI'IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGN OR OFONE-HALF TO JACOB B. BELLINGER, OF SAME PLACE;

THlLL-SUPPORT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,027, dated March24, 1891.

Application filed January 31, 1891. Serial No. 380,097. (No model.)

i aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JERE J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shaft-SupportersforVehicles; andIdo declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itapper- I tains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention has relation to shaft-support- 5 ers for vehicles; and itconsists in the construction and novel combination of parts, ashereinafter fully described and claimed.

The figure of the drawing is a side elevation of one of the shafts andthe supporter,

the fixed position of the shaft being shown in dotted lines.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, A designates themetallic portion of the axle, B the wooden portion thereof, and C 5 oneof the clips by which the integral lugs D are secured in place.Theselugs D are of the usual construction, as is also the thill-eye. Thetie-bar E, however, in this instance is provided with avertically-disposed forward- 3 ly-curved arm or standard F, said arm orstandard F being provided at its upper end with a cross-arm or T-head G.

-taining-spring S, which is designed, when in engagement with thecross-arm G of the standard F, to hold the thills in the elevatedposition shown by the dottedlinesin the figure of the drawing.

The full lines in the drawing show the po sitien the parts occupy whenthe horse is attached to the vehicle.

The drawing so plainly illustrates the device that a description of itsoperation is deemed unnecessary, as the two positions shown indicateprecisely what is accomplished.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'- The combination, with a vehicle-axlehaving a standard clipped thereto and provided with a cross-headT-shaped, of a thill having a supporting or holding spring provided withone or more transversely-disposed corrugations adapted to engage thecross-head of the standard, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JERE J. BARKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. ENNIS, J. B. BELLINGER.

